seifys

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English cyves.

Alternative forms

Noun

seifys (plural, singular seifysen f, not mutable)

  1. chives (species)

Etymology 2

Noun

seifys (not mutable)

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of syfi (“strawberries”)

Further reading

  • Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎[1], retrieved 24 December 2025.
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “seifys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.